8-Bar Intro
Verse 1
WHEN LOU-IS CAME HOME TO
THE FLAT,
HE HUNG UP HIS COAT AND
HIS HAT,
HE GAZED ALL A-ROUND, BUT
NO WIF-EY HE FOUND,
SO HE SAID "WHERE CAN FLOS-SIE
BE AT?"
A NOTE ON THE TA-BLE HE
SPIED,
HE READ IT JUST ONCE, THEN
HE CRIED
IT RAN "LOU-IS DEAR, IT'S
TOO SLOW FOR ME HERE
SO I THINK I WILL GO FOR
A RIDE!"
Verse 2
THE DRESS-ES
THAT HUNG IN THE HALL,
WERE GONE, SHE HAD TAK-EN
THEM ALL,
SHE TOOK ALL HIS RINGS AND
THE REST OF HIS THINGS,
THE PIC-TURE HE MISSED FROM
THE WALL.
"WHAT MOV-ING?" THE JAN-I-TOR
SAID,
"YOUR RENT IS PAID THREE
MONTHS A-HEAD"
"WHAT GOOD IS THE FLAT?"
SAID POOR LOU-IS, "READ THAT!"
AND THE JAN-I-TOR SMILED
AS HEAD READ.
Chorus
MEET ME IN ST. LOU-IS, LOU-IS,
MEET ME AT THE FAIR,
DON'T TELL ME THE LIGHTS
ARE SHIN-ING A-NY PLACE BUT THERE,
WE WILL DANCE THE HOOCH-EE
KOOCH-EE,
I WILL BE YOUR TOOT-SIE
WOOT-SIE,
IF YOU WILL MEET ME IN ST.
LOU-IS, LOU-IS,
MEET ME AT THE FAIR!"